GilbertElliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto was born on 16 November 1782.1 He was the son of GilbertElliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto and Anna MariaAmyand.1 He married MaryBrydone, daughter of PatrickBrydone and MaryRobertson, on 4 September 1806.1 He died on 31 July 1859 at age 76.1 He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.1 He was educated at Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Whig) for Ashburton between 1806 and 1807.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Whig) for Roxburghshire between 1812 and 1814.1 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Elliot, of Headshaw [N.S., 1700] on 21 June 1814.2 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Minto, co. Roxburgh [U.K., 1813] on 21 June 1814.2 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Viscount Melgund, of Melgund, co. Forfar [U.K., 1813] on 21 June 1814.2 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Minto of Minto, co. Roxburgh [G.B., 1797] on 21 June 1814.2 He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1832.1 He held the office of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Berlin between 1832 and 1834.1 He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) in 1834.1 He held the office of First Lord of the Admiralty between 1835 and 1841.1 He held the office of Lord Privy Seal between 1846 and 1852.1 He held the office of Envoy to Sardinia between 1847 and 1848.1 He was the Governor at Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.1

Children of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto and MaryBrydone

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JamesElphinstoneof Glack was the son of JamesElphinstoneof Glack and ElizabethWood.2 He married JanetLeslie in 1641.1 He died circa 15 August 1676.2 On 2 June 1670 he succeeded his father.3 He was Honorary Burgess of Inverurie in 1671.3 He was Commissary for Inverurie in the Scottish Parliament in 1671.1 He was recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms, and matriculated his arms at the Lyons Office circa 1672.1